Ex 2.5 Guess the answers. Listen to check:
1.The Zika virus outbreak in Latin America could turn into ______
a. a globally pandemic
b. a globalise pandemic
c. a globalised pandemic
d. a global pandemic
2. The WHO estimated that the Zika virus could infect four million people by ____
a. the end for 2016
b. the end of 2016
c. the ends of 2016
d. the ending of 2016
3. Dr Margaret Chan, Director-General of the WHO, warned that Zika is "______"
a. spread in explosively
b. spreading explosives
c. spread in explosives
d. spreading explosively
4. She added that it has quickly gone from being a mild threat ______
a. to being frightening
b. too been frightening
c. to been frightening
d. two being frightening
5. Warmer weather means the mosquito that carries the virus is ______ worldwide
a. and so spreading
b. a so spreading
c. also spreading
d. all so spreading
6. The Zika virus is linked to a large rise in birth defects in Brazil and ______
a. surrounded countries
b. surrounds in countries
c. surround in countries
d. surrounding countries
7. This is where a baby is born with a smaller head than normal, and ______
a. with brain damage
b. with brain damages
c. with brain damaged
d. with brain damaging
8. Reported that more than 2,100 pregnant women in Colombia are infected ______
a. with the viruses
b. with the virus
c. with a virus
d. within the virus
9. There is no vaccine for Zika and it will be difficult ______
a. to find some
b. to find ones
c. to find one
d. to find once
10. A vaccine would have to be tested on pregnant women, and that would be "a practical ______
a. and unethical nightmare"
b. and ethical nightmare"
c. and an ethical nightmare"
d. and ethically nightmare"